George Withers' Emblemes

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I was ere&edfor a Bound,
xAni I refofoe to ftand my ground. 161
ILLVSTR.XXVII.
««-« He Bottnder.Stenes, held facred, heretofore,
| *| > Some did fo fuperftitioufly adore,
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As, that they did not onely rev'rence doe them,
But, have afcrib'd a kinde of God.head, to them
For, Terminus had many a Sacrifice,
As well as other fenfleife Deities.
I am not fo prophane, as to defire
Such Ethnick zcale mould fet our hearts on fire :.
But, wifh I could, Men better did regard
Thofc Betfftders, which Antiquity hath rear'd ;
And,that,they would not, with fo much delight,
There, make incroachmtnts, where they have no tight*
That, cvry man might keep his owne Pojfefions,
Our Fathers, us'd in reverent Procefions
(With zealous prayers, and with praifefull chcere)
To walke their Parifl). limits, once a ycarc
And, well knowne Market (which facrilegious Hands
Now cut or breakc) fobord'red out their Lands,
That, cv'ry one diftinclly knew his owne 5
And, many brawlcs, now rife, were then unknowne.
But, fincc neglected, facred Bounders were,
Moft men lacroacbers, and Intruders are :
They grieve each other, and their Dues they fteale,
From irince, from Parent, and from Common-weak '.
Nay, more j thefc bold Vfurpers are fo rude,
That, they, on Cbrijl's Inheritance intrude.
But, that will be aveng'd ;
and (on his right)
Though fuchincroach, he will not Iofc it quite i
For, hee's that Bounder, and that Corner (lone,
Who all confines, and is confin'd, of none.
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